Tender, licensing and allocation rounds for offshore wind, grids, oil and gas, CCS and hydrogen, worldwide, as officially scheduled. Dates as published by the authority named; checked on 8 Oct 2026; changes are common — always check the source.
Official schedules only. A round announced without dates is listed as announced, with “not published” where the authority has given no date. This is not a complete list of every round in every country.
Add to calendar (.ics)Real dates only; quarters are left out of the file.
Each region opens and closes. A period the source gives only as a quarter, half year or year is drawn hollow across that period. Rows link to the entry below.
Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and France: official schedules only. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced. Grid and HVDC award rounds appear only where the TSO or regulator has published a schedule; most have not.
CCS & hydrogenclosed
United Kingdom · UK Hydrogen Production Business Model allocation rounds
Shortlist of 27 electrolytic projects published 7 April 2025; the July 2025 market update expected awards in early 2026; no award announcement found on the gov.uk HAR2 pages on the check date.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Offshore windclosed
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
The October 2025 round closed without applications; RVO's planning table lists the new permit procedure for this site as to be determined.
On the North Sea map: Nederwiek wind farm zone, Nederwiek 1
CCS & hydrogenclosed
United Kingdom · NSTA carbon storage licensing
Applications closed 24 March 2026; NSTA aims to award licences in early 2027; five areas in Scottish and nine in English waters.
CCS & hydrogenclosed
Germany · CO2-Differenzvertraege / Klimaschutzvertraege
Bidding ran 5 May to 9 September 2026 for participants of the preceding preparatory procedure; CCU/CCS technologies eligible; the ministry reports 21 bids; no award date published.
Oil & gas licensingclosed
Norway · Norway APA / TFO
Announced 5 May 2026 for predefined areas in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea; applications closed 1 September 2026 at 12:00; awards expected during the first quarter of 2027.
Offshore windclosed
United Kingdom · UK Contracts for Difference
Application window ran 20 July-7 August 2026; the indicative timetable puts NESO result notification between 27 Nov-1 Dec 2026 (no appeals) and 15-17 Feb 2027 (Tier 2 appeals), depending on the qualification scenario.
Offshore windclosed
United Kingdom · The Crown Estate offshore wind leasing
Accelerated re-tender of the Round 4 site discontinued in January 2026; offers a 10-year agreement for lease with the windfarm DCO (August 2025) and a NESO grid connection agreement in place. Open to sole bidders or consortia registered on The Crown Estate e-tendering portal; one questionnaire submission each, due 4 September 2026, decides entry to an ascending clock auction on a Site Exclusivity Fee paid over 20 years from lease. The 24 July notice was replaced on 27 July by a competitive flexible procedure notice with unchanged deadlines; Find a Tender gives 20 November 2026 as the estimated award decision date; The Crown Estate expects the auction and selection of a preferred bidder towards the end of 2026.
Official schedules only: federal and state agencies' own notices. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced.
Oil & gas licensingclosed
United States · BOEM OBBBA lease sales
Sale held 12 August 2026; USD 82,689,756 in high bids on 59 blocks from 16 companies. Phase 2 bid evaluation notices (11, 17, 24 and 30 September 2026) show bids on 45 of 59 tracts deemed acceptable, 0 rejected, 14 tracts remaining as of 30 September 2026; a final bid recap is due about three months after sale day.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Oil & gas licensingclosed
Brazil · ANP Oferta Permanente
Public session held 7 October 2026 (five Parnaiba Basin blocks were withdrawn beforehand for a material error in environmental criteria). 49 exploratory blocks in the Potiguar, Tacutu, Reconcavo, Parnaiba, Tucano Sul, Campos and Ceara basins plus 3 marginal-accumulation areas were acquired; signature bonuses BRL 3,005,659,796.14 (blocks) + BRL 1,594,000 (marginal areas), the highest since the Open Acreage began; 9 of 10 bidding companies won. Contract signing scheduled by 26 February 2027.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Oil & gas licensingclosed
Brazil · ANP Oferta Permanente
Public session held 7 October 2026: 7 of 13 pre-salt blocks acquired (Campos: Magnetita, Hematita, Azurita; Santos: Jade, Cruzeiro do Sul, Rubi, Rodocrosita); signature bonuses BRL 530.5 m, minimum exploration investment BRL 778.4 m, average profit-oil premium 108.38%. Contract signing scheduled by 26 February 2027.
Official schedules only, from the ministries and regulators named. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced.
Offshore windclosed
Taiwan · Taiwan offshore wind zonal development (Round 3)
Applications accepted 1 April to 30 September 2026; the ministry plans to complete selection and publish results before the end of 2026; grid connection 2030-2031. Trade press (UDN, 30 Sep 2026) reports the Energy Administration received two applications for two wind farms (CIP and Orsted), well short of the 3.6 GW on offer; no ministry release on the receipt count was found.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Oil & gas licensingclosed
Australia · Australian offshore petroleum acreage release
Five Otway Basin areas off Victoria and Tasmania (V25-1, V25-2, T25-1, T25-2, T25-3); work-program bids closed 30 June 2026; no award date stated.
Only licensing rounds for which the state agency itself publishes dates. Rounds reported in the trade press without an official schedule are left out.
Oil & gas licensingclosed
Nigeria · NUPRC licensing rounds
Bid submission ran to 12 June 2026; at the commercial bid conference on 21 July 2026 NUPRC named 31 companies as winners of 37 blocks; final award follows signature bonus payment and ministerial approval.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
General sequence, not a forecast for any round listed here.